To Let the Word Become Flesh

REMBRANDT, Harmenszoon van Rijn
The Return of the Prodigal Son
c. 1669
Oil on canvas, 262 x 206 cm
The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

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Spiritual reading is food for our souls. As we slowly let the words of the Bible or any spiritual book enter into our minds and descend into our hearts, we become different people. The Word gradually becomes flesh in us and thus transforms our whole beings. Thus spiritual reading is a continuing incarnation of the divine Word within us. In and through Jesus, the Christ, God became flesh long ago. In and through our reading of God's Word and our reflection on it, God becomes flesh in us now and thus makes us into living Christs for today.

Let's keep reading God's Word with love and great reverence.

~~Henri Nouwen Society

(sort of like, when a blogger you don't even feel you have impacted in one way or another sends you a spiritual book in the mail through amazon and you are blessed beyond measure? the timing was perfect, as was the title, The Return of the Prodigal Son by Henri Nouwen...thank you, Kat)